European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Luca Parmitano is an ESA astronaut of Italian nationality, currently orbiting Earth! This is his first spaceflight and the fifth long-duration mission for an ESA astronaut. The flight opportunity has been provided by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) in agreement with NASA.

Volare Mission Photos

Tweet When I was asked by a prestigious Italian news magazine to write a letter to my daughters – to be published in the first edition of the year – writing about the future, I was not exactly sure of … Continue reading →

Tweet Closing the hatch of the Soyuz is like closing the the cover of a just-finished book. The sense of abandonment is surprising, until I realise that a last page is nothing more than an invitation to open the first … Continue reading →

Tweet Update after we confirmed the image below shows the Soyuz spacecraft returning to Earth Captain Wijker sent us this message: Just reflecting on what I saw; watched like millions of others many times animated footage of space capsules returning … Continue reading →